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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Fellowship Of Christians United For

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 581747756
GA · NTEE X99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kathy Carlisle, Executive Director / CEO ($45,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 244 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 31st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Kathy Carlisle — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

244 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 244 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$499 total compensation of comparable organizations → $280,359 $45,000
$18,24010th
$39,02725th
$66,807Median
$87,48175th
$129,30390th
$45,000This org · 31st
p10$18,240
p25$39,027
p50$66,807
p75$87,481
p90$129,303
$45,000

Comparable organizations

Each figure is Form 990 Part VII columns D + F (reportable pay plus other compensation and benefits; column F may include amounts from related organizations), normalized to GA cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateRevenueMatched titleComp
(reported)
Comp
(adjusted)
FY
Rabbanut Nfp IL$485,571 Treasurer & Director $18,000 $16,654 2025
Fathers House Educational Foundation TX$485,513 Executive Director $67,600 $67,252 2023
Electronic Bible Fellowship Inc PA$488,852 President $55,365 $54,911 2023
Legacy Disciple IL$485,142 Secretary $35,693 $33,898 2024
Newport Mesa Individual And Family CA$489,324 Executive Dir. $183,591 $153,143 2024
Gateway Empowerment Inc AL$484,096 President $8,000 $8,596 2023
Skatechurch Inc OR$493,143 Exec Dir - No Compensation For Board Duties $78,000 $69,973 2024
Saturation Church Planting International CA$495,253 Presidentfounder $96,377 $80,393 2024
Gary Randall Ministries WA$496,288 President $140,111 $121,179 2024
Nexus Impact Center Inc IN$496,633 President & Ceo $48,000 $48,899 2024
Care Plus Foundation Inc NJ$496,896 Ceo/president-thru 12/22 $53,595 $47,591 2023
4 Tucson Inc AZ$477,046 Ceo $83,846 $80,197 2023
Lewis County Gospel Mission WA$474,490 Vice Preside $40,139 $34,715 2024
Emmaus Ministries FL$474,336 President $85,281 $77,392 2024
Poiema Foundation Inc TX$473,946 Executive Di $74,138 $71,641 2024
Hope Ministries Of Northeast Texas TX$500,151 Executive Dir. $50,525 $50,265 2023
Awaken The Dawn Inc FL$473,274 President $141,693 $128,586 2024
Q Christian Fellowship IL$501,402 Executive Director $6,731 $6,393 2024
Linden Grove Ministries NJ$501,463 Co-director $77,241 $66,620 2024
Northwest B Annual Conference NC$471,871 President $500 $499 2024
Equipping Leaders For A Lifetime OR$470,664 Executive Di $79,200 $71,050 2024
Theology Of Work Project Inc MA$470,409 Ceo & Director $73,997 $64,235 2024
Bob Crow World Missions Outreach TX$503,850 President $46,500 $44,934 2024
Narrow Gate Foundation NV$505,446 President $135,858 $131,552 2024
Lead222 United Ltd IL$505,606 Executive Dir. $90,800 $86,233 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA cost of living and 2023 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.

Methodology

Comparable organizations were drawn from electronically filed IRS Form 990 returns and matched on sector (NTEE code), budget (a size-adaptive revenue band that tightens as the organization grows), and geography (same-state first, broadening only when too few peers qualify); every organization within the band forms the peer set. To compare fairly across regions and years, peer compensation is normalized to GA cost of living (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023) and to the subject's filing year (CPI-U). The figure benchmarked is Form 990 Part VII, Section A, columns D + F — reportable pay plus other compensation, benefits, and deferred amounts (column F may include amounts from related organizations) — with the chief executive matched by role. Related-organization amounts (column E) and institutional trustees are excluded. Full methodology: peerbasis.org/methodology.

Sample, role match & sensitivity

Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:

BasisSubject percentile
Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default31st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)28th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted38th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted30th

If the percentile moves materially across these definitions, the result is sensitive to methodology choices, and the board should weigh which basis best fits its facts.

Rebuttable presumption of reasonableness · 26 CFR 53.4958-6

Compensation paid by a tax-exempt organization is presumed reasonable — shifting the burden to the IRS — when three requirements are met. This report supplies the comparability data for the second. The board should record the following in its minutes concurrently with its decision:

Draft board minutes — executive compensation

  1. The compensation of the Executive Director / CEO (Kathy Carlisle) was approved in advance by [the Board / Compensation Committee], composed of members with no conflict of interest with respect to the arrangement.
  2. Prior to its determination, the authorized body obtained and relied upon appropriate comparability data, namely the PeerBasis Compensation Comparability Determination dated June 9, 2026, comparing compensation against 244 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $45,000 is reasonable (approximately the 31st percentile of comparable organizations) and documented the basis for this determination concurrently, on [date], by a vote of [__ for / __ against].

Sources: IRS Form 990 e-file data (apps.irs.gov); IRS Business Master File (NTEE classification). Every figure traces to an original public filing — click any organization above to verify it on ProPublica. PeerBasis is a service of Prismind Analytics; its methodology is published, was commissioned for independent adversarial review, and discloses its own limitations. This report is comparability data to support a board's good-faith determination under IRC 4958; it is not legal or tax advice. Generated by PeerBasis on June 9, 2026.